Ask them to put their name on it in case it's not obvious who it is! Animal Farm. This is a quick, fun activity to divide your group into smaller groups.
Give each person a card or post-it note with the name Animal Kingdom. Ask kids to introduce themselves and say which of the following animals they most identify with: eagle, dolphin, lion, sparrow, whale, or Anyone who? People then have to find someone in the room who fits the criteria, and have them sign or initial their name in the box Balloon Smash.
To prepare for this game, you need two balloons for each person in your group plus some spares for those that might break whilst you're inflating Banana Surgery. Split your group up into smaller Best Friends and Worst Enemies.
A short fun physical game to help get people moving Birthday Bash. Setup a circle a set of chairs with one less chair then the amount of people present. Make one person "it". Go around Brown Shoe Bingo.
A bingo style game to help people mingle together There are so many to choose from, but the most popular picks for large groups of youth are below.
If your gathering is still going on, let the kids keep playing with these fun night-time games. They are the ultimate form of team competition. Rather than run and pass a baton like the Olympics, try these more fun and creative ways to have relay play for the group. When the kids need to burn off some energy, get them running. Several of the games on this list will have the kids moving all over, but these two are particularly fun and favorites for large groups of kids.
Of course, you can play basketball, soccer, or baseball, but there are other sports that are great for parties. Most of the games in this list can be played during the summer. Just in case it happens to be a particularly warm day, these two games are great for kids. They can have fun without overdoing it. Winter brings the holidays, and this is a time for gatherings too. Get the kids bundled up and get outside for some winter outdoor game play.
Plus, these are more fun than just a boring snowball fight. Outdoor games are the best way to entertain large groups of people, especially kids. The list adobe covers all bases, so there will be something for everyone to do. As you organize and plan for the outdoor games for your next gathering, there are a few additional tips to remember. Walk the plank three people : One person lays on the ground to form the plank.
A second person puts their hands behind their own back and stands by the plank. And the third person stands behind person 2, pretending to hold a sword. Lifeboat six people : Each group sits on the floor in two rows of three and pretends to row their lifeboat.
If you have a lot of kids, you may want to increase the number of people to eight, ten, or twelve for fun. You can invent other scenes or choose a non-nautical theme with all new combinations if you want to bring this game back for another gathering. They also allow for friendly competition. You can give prizes for the winning teams or just play for fun.
Supplies: two or more absurd and large outfits, preferably with a couple of layers. The only prep for this youth group game is to find some weird costumes or outfits for kids to wear. You want this to be awkward to run in, and it should take a while to put it on and take it off. Make sure you have a big room, a gym, or outdoor space for kids to move around. Break the students into even teams and have them line up on one side of the room. The first kid in line puts the outfit on and races to the other end of the room and back.
As each kid runs down and back, they take off the outfit and the next person in line puts it on. The first team to have everyone make it down and back wins. If you have room for it, you can take this game to the next level by introducing an obstacle course or challenges such as hopping on one foot to the end, hula hoops they have to use for 10 seconds, objects to jump over or run around, etc. For this youth group game you need an even number of people on each team—so have the students form teams and then fill in with leaders.
Teams can be anywhere from 4—20 people. But it gets much harder the more people you have per team. Each team stands in a circle, and every person grabs a hand from two different people across from them.
The goal is to end in a circle with no hands in the middle. As the groups untangle themselves, some people will wind up facing the inside of the circle and others will face the outside. This game takes a lot of cooperation and communication as kids try to problem-solve, give each other directions, and maneuver around.
You can run a trivia night however you want, but you may want some optional supplies to make it feel more official: tables, chairs, lamps for ambiance , a projector, a microphone, speakers, a whiteboard, and snacks. The bulk of the prep work is coming up with trivia categories and questions. Obviously, the more categories and questions you come up with, the longer your trivia night will last.
This is a good task to delegate to leaders or work on as a team. Make sure your categories and questions are relevant to the kids in your group the broader the better , but here are some categories you might use:. Resist the temptation to make every question ridiculously hard. At most, you should have one really tough question per category. You can make trivia night into a really fun, out-of-the-ordinary event by putting additional effort into the ambiance.
Let kids enjoy snacks while they discuss the questions together. You can do a minimal version of this with just paper and pens, but if you take the time to make trivia night more elaborate, it could easily become an annual tradition and one of the highlights of your youth group.
When the weather is nice or at least tolerable , it opens up opportunities to play some messier, more involved games. Supplies: Lots of fruit vegetables are OK too , baseball bat, goggles optional. Fruit baseball is exactly what it sounds like.
They may already have a program they send this produce to, but if you ask the right store or the right employee , you can probably get all the fruit and veggies you need for free or at least a significant discount. If you use peppers or citrus fruits, you should probably have your batters wear eye protection of some kind.
Remember: the important thing here is that everyone gets at least one opportunity to obliterate a piece of fruit. Feel free to modify the rules or be lenient with strikes so that kids have more chances to participate. Buy at least two of them one for each team you plan on having. Have one kid from each team lay on top of the ice block and hug the sides with their arms. Someone else will hold their legs and either push or pull them to a cone or whatever you use to designate the end of the course and back.
Then they switch: the student who was pushing or pulling hugs the ice block, and the next student in line takes their place. Have kids sit in the back of the line when they finish their leg of the relay. This youth group is a total free-for-all where kids and leaders get to pelt each other with giant marshmallows. If you have the time to plan and prepare, you can turn part of your town or a local park into a course for The Amazing Race.
Choose a series of popular, easily recognizable locations to form your course. Ex: Make a three point shot on the basketball course, send your whole team across the monkey bars backwards, guess the flavors in a smoothie, take a picture with a stranger wearing green, etc.
Have a leader at each station to explain the challenge and hand out the next clue. Set a time limit, and make sure everyone knows what time the game ends and when they need to be back at the starting location—whether they completed the course or not.
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